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Brevet Major William Hodson raised a cavalry regiment ('''Hodson's Horse''') during the [[Indian Mutiny]].  In 1858 this was split into three regiments:
[[William Hodson|Brevet Major William Hodson]] raised a cavalry regiment ('''Hodson's Horse''') during the [[Indian Mutiny]].  In 1858 this was split into three regiments:


*1st Regiment of Hodson’s Horse - became [[9th Bengal Lancers (Hodson's Horse)]]
*1st Regiment of Hodson’s Horse - became [[9th Bengal Lancers (Hodson's Horse)]]
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*[[3rd Regiment of Hodson's Horse]] - disbanded 1861
*[[3rd Regiment of Hodson's Horse]] - disbanded 1861


==Related page==
[[William Hodson]]


==External Links==
==External links==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stephen_Raikes_Hodson William Hodson] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stephen_Raikes_Hodson William Hodson] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhibramau Hodson's Ride to Chhibramau] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhibramau Hodson's Ride to Chhibramau] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indiancavalry/hodsons.htm Hodson's Horse] British Empire website<br />
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indiancavalry/hodsonscgough.htm Hodson's Horse - Charles Gough] British Empire website<br />
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indiancavalry/hodsonsgough.htm Hodson's Horse - Hugh Gough] British Empire website<br />
*Obituary of [https://web.archive.org/web/20181116033646/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1448007/Charles-Chenevix-Trench.html Charles Chenevix Trench], c 1914 -2003 (telegraph.co.uk, archived. He served as an Indian Army officer in the 1930s, commissioned into Hodson's Horse, and winning an MC during the Second World War . In 1946 he retired from the Army to follow his father into the Indian Political Service for the 18 months until Partition.  His 19 books included three classic accounts of British India: ''The Indian Army and the King's Enemies, 1900-1947''; ''The Frontier Scouts''; and ''The Viceroy's Agent'', all published in the 1980s and available at the  [[British Library]]


==== Historical books on-line ====
==== Historical books online ====
 
*[https://archive.org/details/hodsonshorse/page/n21/mode/2up ''Hodson's Horse 1857-1922''] by Major F G Cardew 1928 Archive.org
[http://www.archive.org/stream/lifeofhodsonofho00trotiala#page/n5/mode/2up ''The life of Hodson of Hodson's Horse''] by Captain Lionel James Trotter 1910 (Archive.org)<br>
*[https://archive.org/stream/unitedservicema05unkngoog#page/n310/mode/2up "Hodson’s Horse: An historical sketch of the 9th Bengal Cavalry"] by Major Dudley Sampson, page 300 ''Colburn’s United Service Magazine 1878, Part III'' Archive.org
[http://www.archive.org/stream/hodsonhodsonsho00hodsgoog#page/n5/mode/2up ''Hodson of Hodson's Horse, or, Twelve Years of a Soldier's Life in India''] by Major W S R Hodson 4th Edition 1883 (Archive.org)
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=9HkOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA116  Comments about Major Hodson] page 116, ''Anecdotes and Reminiscences of Service in Bengal'' [by A. L. M. Phillips (Alfred Lisle March Phillips) 1878] Google Books. The author worked for the Bengal Civil Service.
 
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/hodsonhodsonsho00hodsgoog#page/n5/mode/2up ''Hodson of Hodson's Horse, or, Twelve Years of a Soldier's Life in India''] by Major W S R Hodson 4th Edition 1883 (Archive.org)
 
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924023968252#page/n5/mode/2up ''The Life of Hodson of Hodson's Horse''] by Captain Lionel James Trotter 1910 (Archive.org)<br>
==Recommended Reading==
*[https://archive.org/details/oldmemories00gougrich/mode/2up ''Old Memories''] by General Sir Hugh Gough 1897 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/cu31924064186590/page/n13/mode/2up 2nd digital file which lists the illustrations in the book]. Both Archive.org. Gough was appointed to Hodson's Horse  during the Indian Mutiny.
[[Image:Hodsons grave.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Hodson's grave at La Martiniere College, [[Lucknow]]]]
''[[FIBIS Journal]]'' No 22 contains an article "The Memorial to Major William Hodson in Lichfield Cathedral" by Richard Morgan, (pages 49-52).  
 
"''Hodson's Horse: 1857-1922''" by Major F.G. Cardew. Reprinted Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval & Military Press. 2006 (402pp)- addition of colored maps.


==References==
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[[Category:Bengal Cavalry Regiments]]
[[Category:Bengal Cavalry Regiments]]
[[Category:Indian Army Cavalry Regiments]]
[[Category:Indian Army Cavalry Regiments]]

Latest revision as of 09:17, 10 January 2024

Hodsons Horse Capbadge

Brevet Major William Hodson raised a cavalry regiment (Hodson's Horse) during the Indian Mutiny. In 1858 this was split into three regiments:

Related page

William Hodson

External links

  • William Hodson Wikipedia
  • Hodson's Ride to Chhibramau Wikipedia
  • Hodson's Horse British Empire website
  • Hodson's Horse - Charles Gough British Empire website
  • Hodson's Horse - Hugh Gough British Empire website
  • Obituary of Charles Chenevix Trench, c 1914 -2003 (telegraph.co.uk, archived. He served as an Indian Army officer in the 1930s, commissioned into Hodson's Horse, and winning an MC during the Second World War . In 1946 he retired from the Army to follow his father into the Indian Political Service for the 18 months until Partition. His 19 books included three classic accounts of British India: The Indian Army and the King's Enemies, 1900-1947; The Frontier Scouts; and The Viceroy's Agent, all published in the 1980s and available at the British Library

Historical books online

References